Brassica Rapa 'Richi' F1
Chinese Cabbage 'Richi' F1
Pak Choi can be grown as a baby leaf for salads or left to mature with succulent stems for stir-fry. From seed to table in about 5 weeks. It is a plant that grows best in cool weather - prone to bolting in hot weather. Will need protection from slugs! Pak Choi is a thirsty plant and to ensure you grow big, fleshy heads as shown in this picture, water them twice daily. 'Richi' forms a dense head which can be used in salads, stir-fries.or as a cooked vegetable
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Partial shade
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Frequent watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Chinese Cabbage 'Richi' F1
Latin name
Brassica Rapa 'Richi' F1
type
Vegetable
family
Brassicaceae
ph
5.5 - 6.8 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.08 M
0.20 M
Brassica Rapa 'Richi' F1
Pak Choi can be grown as a baby leaf for salads or left to mature with succulent stems for stir-fry. From seed to table in about 5 weeks. It is a plant that grows best in cool weather - prone to bolting in hot weather. Will need protection from slugs! Pak Choi is a thirsty plant and to ensure you grow big, fleshy heads as shown in this picture, water them twice daily. 'Richi' forms a dense head which can be used in salads, stir-fries.or as a cooked vegetable
Propagating by seed
From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer
Sow seeds in a good seed compost from early spring to mid-summer. Seeds should germinate in 2 or 3 days if kept moist and covered. For continual cropping, sow seeds at weekly intervals. They will be ready to thin and plant out once the seedlings have produced a second pair of leaves.
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer
Seedlings will be ready to plant out once they have a second pair of leaves. Plant them into a rich compost, ideally into a veg trug or into large pots that can easily be protected from slugs. Plant two or three seedlings in each pot or, space them out 8 inches apart in a trug. Leave them in partial shade having watered them well. For continual cropping, plant seedlings at least a week apart through to mid-summer.